Techniques - Camera Controls

Main F.stops:

The main f stops in your camera are 2.8,4.0, 5.6, 8,11,16,22, 32.  for each increase in f stop value the amount of light entering the camera is reduced by a half.

Shutter speed.

Measured in fractions of a second.

1/500s  1/250s  1/125s  1/60  s, 1/30s  1/15s,  1/8s,  ¼s,  ½s,      1”    2”  4”….

Note: reducing the shutter speed from 1/60th of a second to 1/30th increases the amount of  light exposure by a factor of 2.

The numbers highlighted in orange would begin to present some blur in the image.

Advanced lighting techniques

•WHAT IS SLOW SYNC FLASH?

•Slow sync flash is just a fancy term for using your flash with a slow shutter speed. It helps you keep your subject sharp while capturing motion or a dark background. That's it. Simple, isn't it?

•You see, with a normal flash photo, the shutter is only open for a fraction of a second, so the flash is firing for most of your exposure.

•With a long exposure, your camera's shutter is open for much longer than the flash is firing - perhaps even several seconds.

•You can choose whether you want to fire the flash at the start or end of the exposure.

•Firing the flash at the start of the exposure is known as "front curtain" or "1st curtain". Firing it at the end is known as "rear curtain"

Relationship between shutter speed and aperture.

Shutter speed: 8 F.stop: 

Final Evalution

Portfolio Documentary

Portfolio Photo Genre

3rd Independent Shoot

Independent Shoot 28/1/18 - Texture and Pattern


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2nd Independent Shoot

2nd Independent Shoot 27/11/17 - Texture and pattern

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1st Independent Shoot

Pattern: Pattern photography utilises elements that are repeated. The repetition of lines, shapes, tones or colour can create interesting images. There are photographers who use the pattern as the main subject of an image while others use it to enhance the overall composition and look of the photograph.

A photographer I have looked at is James Murray. "I live in London, England but love to go exploring in foreign climates. Coming from a design background I look at photography as an extension of this, recording the lifestyles and architecture that make up our world.

My passion for photography started when I first picked up a film camera way before the digital times we live in now. I transferred this passion into my studies mixing in all of my design influences to create my own style. Architecture and photography are the perfect blend each complementing the other.

I have worked as a photographer since 2010, taking photos of the environment that I lived in around London, selling images as artworks and to companies. In 2011 I worked for Disney on their cruise ships with the big mouse himself. On board I worked as a portrait and wedding photographer, learning new techniques and feeding my travel bug. Every photo is a memory; there is no better way to capture it than how you see it, not how the camera sees it."

In his shoots based in London he focuses on the buildings and architecture around him, considering details in pattern, texture and shape. He says that he pays attention to things like symmetry in structure as well. It looks like he edits his images a lot by increasing sharpness and using layers to improve clarity. A lot of his images have intensified colour comparing to their originals. I plan to not only use his shoots to guide my own but to edit my images similarly to James Murray's work.

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